The National Project on Aquifer Management is a flagship programme of the Ministry
of Water Resources, Government of India, for mapping and managing aquifer systems
in India. The objective is to identify and map aquifers at the micro level, to quantify
the available groundwater resources, and to propose plans appropriate to the scale
of demand and aquifer characteristics, and institutional arrangements for participatory
management. The project involves central and state agencies, researchers, and the
local people.

To establish a methodology for the National Project on Aquifer Management, the Central
Ground Water Board has undertaken a pilot study of 6 areas in different hydrogeological
terrains. The methodology integrates multiple disciplines and scientific approaches,
including remote sensing, hydrogeology, geophysics, hydrochemistry, drilling, groundwater
modeling, and management approaches.